This is not an acceptable posting. Even if it is Friday.

First, please refer to:

http://gerry.vanagon.com/info/etiquette.html

for a refresher on what is and isn't allowed on the list.

Second, there is no such virus. Please refer to:

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/buddylst.zip.html

TomC
tcarrington@relitech.com
http://volksweb.relitech.com
85 Vanagon Crew Cab
82 Westy diesel=>gas conversion
65 Notchback

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alfred Bagdan [SMTP:abagdan@POWERSURFR.COM]
> Sent: Friday, October 15, 1999 3:09 AM
> To:   vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject:      Deadly new virus
>
>
> Hi
>
> This information came from Microsoft yesterday
> morning. Please pass it on to anyone you know who
> has access to the  Internet. You may receive an
> apparently harmless Budweiser screensaver,
> entitled "BUDDYLST.SIP". If you do - DO NOT OPEN
> IT UNDER ANY  CIRCUMSTANCES, but delete it
> immediately.  Once opened, you will  loose
> EVERYTHING on your PC. Your hard drive disk will
> be completely  destroyed and the person who sent
> it to you will have access to your  name and
> password via the internet. As far as we know this
> was  circulated yesterday morning. It's a new
> virus, and extremely  dangerous. Please copy this
> information and e-mail it to everyone in  your
> address book. We need to do all we can to block
> this virus. AOL has  confirmed how dangerous it
> is, and there is no Anti Virus program yet  which
> is capable of destroying it. Please take all  the
> necessary precautions, and pass on all this
> information to your friends,  acquaintances and
> work colleagues.
>
>
> Alfred << File: Alfred Bagdan.vcf >>